Scale Aviation Modeller International — November 2017

or drop tanks. While you are at

it there are two more holes that

also need to be opened for the

underwing identification lights.

If you want to build your model

with its undercarriage retracted,

the kit provides the gear doors

as one part, which is inserted

from the inside. Otherwise, the

mounting points for the main gear

are attached to the forward spar,

so that the legs can be slotted

over them later on in the build.

Fitting of the lower wing

panel to the spar/fuselage frame

needs careful alignment of the

various locating pins. To ensure

that there was no movement,

which would have allowed gaps to

appear, I clamped the wing spars

to the wings firmly as the cement

dried. The main undercarriage

bays are now made up from a

number of parts, which slot

together to form the bay walls.

One thing to note is that there

are two easily missed decals to

be applied here. At the spar ends,

cross braces, parts F23 and 24,

are now added, and the whole

structure becomes fairly rigid.

All of the major structural

elements of the wing, gear, and

gun bays fit together via slots and

tabs. I only had to adjust these on

a few occasions to get a good fit.

Parts F13 and 14 are the mounting

points for the flaps, and they are

now added to the wing spar.

Now that the wheel bays

were complete, I could turn my

attention to the gun bays.

Bays are included for both

wings, though of course you do not

have to use both. The four cannons

have the ends of the muzzles

moulded solid. You really need to

drill these out or replace them with

the excellent brass barrels made

by Master Models of Poland. As I

was trying to build my example

out of the box, I went with the

cheaper option of drilling them out.

Once they are done, they can

Instrument panel fitted into the cockpit

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